Daylight and Temperatures
Thanks to the Gulf Stream, Iceland enjoys a cool temperate ocean climate: cool in summer and fairly mild in winter. However, the weather is very changeable and incentive groups should be prepared for the unexpected.
2008 Temperature Averages in Celsius (Centigrade)
|
Reykjavík |
Akureyri |
|
| Jan |
-0,2 |
-1,5 |
|
| Feb |
-0,2 |
-0,4 |
|
| Mar |
0,8 |
-1,4 |
|
| April |
3,9 |
1,4 |
|
| May |
8,6 |
8 |
|
| June |
10,6 |
9,1 |
|
| July |
12,5 |
12,4 |
|
| August |
11,5 |
11,5 |
|
| September |
9,4 |
9,8 |
|
| October |
2,8 |
1,2 |
|
| November |
2,8 |
1,1 |
|
| December |
1,1 |
-0,3 |
|
During summer the nights are
bright in all of Iceland. In the month of June the sun never fully sets
in the north. There are even special excursions to the island of
Grímsey on the Arctic Circle where you can experience the midnight sun.The darkest months are December and January. From February onwards daylight is quickly increasing overtaking the daylight span from Central Europe in March.
Daylight (sunrise/sunset )
|
|
Reykjavík
|
Ísafjörður
|
Akureyri
|
|
Jan. 1st
|
11:19
|
12:02
|
11:32
|
|
|
15:44
|
15:11
|
15:00
|
|
Feb. 1st
|
10:09
|
10:30
|
10:06
|
|
|
17:15
|
17:03
|
16:46
|
|
Mar. 1st
|
08:36
|
08:47
|
08:25
|
|
|
18:45
|
18:46
|
18:26
|
|
Apr. 1st
|
06:47
|
06:48
|
06:28
|
|
|
20:18
|
20:27
|
20:06
|
|
May 1st
|
05:01
|
04:50
|
04:34
|
|
|
21:51
|
22:12
|
21:48
|
|
Jun. 1st
|
03:23
|
02.43
|
02:35
|
|
|
23:30
|
00:22*
|
23:49
|
|
Jul. 1st
|
03:04
|
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|
01:55
|
|
|
23:57
|
-----------*
|
00:33*
|
|
Aug. 1st
|
04:33
|
04:15
|
04:00
|
|
|
22:33
|
23:00
|
22:35
|
|
Sep. 1st
|
06:08
|
06:06
|
05:47
|
|
|
20:45
|
20:57
|
20:36
|
|
Oct. 1st
|
07:35
|
07:42
|
07:21
|
|
|
18:58
|
19:01
|
18:42
|
|
Nov. 1st
|
09:09
|
09:26
|
09:04
|
|
|
17:12
|
17:05
|
16:47
|
|
Dec. 1st
|
10:44
|
11:19
|
10:52
|
|
|
15:49
|
15:23
|
15:10
|
Times marked with an asterisk (*) refer to the following date.
Used with the kind permission of the Science Institute of the University of Iceland.